Burns rides second-quarter surge at Huss

Burns scored four touchdowns in less than four minutes in the second quarter and cruised to a 51-12 non-conference road win over Hunter Huss Friday night.

After the Bulldogs put nine points on the board in the first stanza, Huss struck back as quarterback Andrew Jordan found Ryan Ford on a crossing route for a 33-yard scoring pass that cut the lead to 9-6. But that was as close as the Huskies could get as Burn exploded with a touchdown run by Chris Montgomery, an interception return by Diamonte Hall and two touchdown runs by Tylan Ruff that put the game out of reach for good.

“A win is a win,” said Burns coach Matt Beam. “We made a few mistakes and that’s typical for this early in the season. But we did some good things, too.”

Beam was especially pleased with his running game, which was led by Ruff who carried 15 times for 176 yards and three touchdowns.

“He ran well and he got some good blocking,” Beam said. “We got a little fancy there for a few minutes, but then we went back to Burns football and that’s when we got rolling.”

The Bulldogs also got a good performance from reserve quarterback Willie Green who completed four of five passes for 107 yards and a touchdown in the second half.

“(Chris) Montgomery tweaked his knee at the end of the first half, so we sat him down,” Beam said. “We don’t think it’s anything big, but we didn’t want to take any chances. Green came in and did a good job.”

While Beam was happy with the win, he thinks his team still has some work to do.

“I think we learned tonight that we’re going to have to play every game and play every snap,” Beam said. “We need to stay with what we do and play Burns football.”

Huss coach Steve Gardner didn’t have a lot to smile about, but the play of his young quarter back was stellar.

“Andrew (Jordan) grew up tonight,” Gardner said of the junior who had 72 yards rushing and threw for 189 yards. “We dropped a lot of balls and lined up wrong on defense and made some other mistakes, but Jordan did a good job. We’ve just got to go back to basics and work on our fundamentals.”